MEAC, SWAC Races Closer to Resolutions

FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 9 - 15, 2010 2 0 1 0 B L A C K C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L (Results, Standings and Weekly Honors)

CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE MID EASTERN SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE SOUTHWESTERN CIAA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SIAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SWAC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INDEPENDENTS DIV ALL DIV ALL CONF ALL CONF ALL W L N. DIVISION W L W L E. DIVISION W L W L W L W L W L W L Langston 6 3 Virginia State 6 1 8 2 Alabama State 5 3 6 3 Bethune-Cookman 6 0 9 0 Albany State 9 0 10 0 Concordia 3 4 Bowie State 6 1 6 4 Jackson State 4 3 6 3 South Carolina State 5 1 7 2 Fort Valley State 7 2 8 2 Tennessee State 3 6 Eliz. City State 5 2 6 4 Alcorn State 5 3 5 4 ™ Florida A&M 5 1 6 3 Morehouse 7 2 8 2 Lincoln (Mo.) 1 9 Chowan 3 4 3 7 Alabama A&M 1 6 2 7 Virginia Union 3 4 3 7 Hampton 4 2 5 4 Tuskegee 7 2 8 2 Central State 1 9 Benedict 4 5 5 6 Miss. Valley St. 0 8 0 9 Cheyney 1 9 St. Paul's 2 5 2 8 Morgan State 3 3 4 5 W. DIVISION Lincoln 0 7 1 9 Clark Atlanta 4 5 4 6 Edward Waters 1 9 Norfolk State 3 4 4 5 Grambling State 7 0 8 1 S. DIVISION Miles 3 6 3 8 Texas College 0 8 Delaware State 1 5 2 7 Texas Southern 6 1 6 3 Shaw 7 0 8 2 Kentucky State 2 7 3 8 W. Va. State 0 9 N. Carolina A&T 1 6 1 9 Prairie View A&M 4 3 5 4 St. Augustine’s 6 1 8 2 Stillman 2 7 2 8 Winston-Salem State 5 2 8 2 Howard 0 6 1 8 Ark. Pine Bluff 4 3 5 4 # NC Central 0 0 3 6 Lane 0 9 0 10 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Fayetteville State 4 3 5 5 Southern 1 6 2 7 OFFENSE J. C. Smith 1 6 2 8 # Savannah State 0 0 0 9 SIAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Terrence Wright, RB, TENN. STATE - Carried Livingstone 0 7 0 11 # Not Eligible for Title SWAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 14 times for 136 yards and 1 15-yard TD run OFFENSE OFFENSE TSU Sports Photo Ronnie Childs, Sr., RB, ASU - 6 catches for in OT loss to Eastern Illinois. MEAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Josh Boudreaux, Sr., QB, UAPB - 23 of 31 for 329 CIAA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 109 yards and ASU's only two TDs in SIAC title DEFENSE OFFENSE - Chris Walley, Jr., QB, NSU - 20 of 22 yards, 5 TDs, 1 int., in win over MVSU. Also ran 5 COLE: His Tigers of OL - Dillon Kestner, Sr., C, FSU clincher over FVSU. Eugene Clifford, DB, TENN. STATE - Led the for 305 yards, 4 TDs vs. MSU. times for 51 yards and 2 TDs (43 and 3). WR - Joseph Jean-Pierre, Jr., VUU - 7 rec., 215 DEFENSE Tigers with 11 tackles, 6 solos, 1 forced fumble Texas Southern look for yards, 1 TD vs. FSU. DEFENSE - Brendon Hepburn, So., LB, FAMU DEFENSE TITLE Reginald Virges, Sr., LB, MILES - 14 tackles, 1.5 and a pass break-up vs. E. Illinois. OB - Clifton Budd, Jr., QB, BSU - 15 of 25 fo r - 6 tackles, 4 solos, 1 QB hurry, 2 interceptions with Kejuan Riley, So., FS, ALABAMA STATE - Led big win over Grambling, sacks for 14 yards in losses, 2 tackles for loss. SPECIAL TEAMS 294 yards, 4 TDs. 73 return yards in OT win vs. NC A&T. ASU with 7 tackles, 6 solos, and had two intercep- NEWCOMER Taylor Cisneros, P, TENN STATE - Punted SWAC West Division DL - Charles Deas, Jr., SHAW - 9 tackles, 1 sack, ROOKIE - Cameron Alston, Fr., DB, HOWARD tions, one late in third quarter that set up a TD in DeQuan Starling, Jr., DB, BENEDICT - Six tackles, six times for 41.3 average with one inside the OPPS 1 forced fumble, 1 break-up vs. SAC. - 9 tackles, recovered a fumble, returned a blocked win over Jackson State. 20 and a long of 55 yards vs. EIU. lead. 3 solos, 1 interception returned 34 yards. LB - Chaz Robinson, Fr., SAC - 17 tackles ﬁeld goal 37 yards for a TD vs. SC State. SPECIAL TEAMS SPECIAL TEAMS vs. Shaw. LINEMAN - Kendal Noble, Jr., LT, NSU - 90% Reed Gallagher, P/PK, JSU - Averaged 43.9 Marquette King, Jr., P, FVSU - Averaged 43.3 DB - Gerald Kennedy, So., SHAW - Forced fumble grade, 4 pancakes yards on 3 punts, kicked a 39-yard FG and was yards on 10 punts with four landing inside the SHAW, V-STATE VIE CIAA MARBLES; 'BAMA that led to GW TD, 8 tackles, 5 solos. SPECIAL TEAMS - Ryan Estep, Jr., PK, NSU 3 of 3 on PATs vs. Alcorn State. 20 vs. ASU. ROOKIE - Kwaheem Smith, CB, LINCOLN - 3 - Kicked a career high 3 ﬁeld goals (33, 37, 45) and NEWCOMER OFFENSIVE LINE STATE, GRAMBLING CAN CLINCH IN SWAC picks vs. ECSU, 3 tackles. was 4 of 4 on PATs vs. Morgan State. Brandon Bridge, Fr., QB, ALCORN - 9 of 14 Stacy Louis, Sr., MHC - SPECIAL - Billy Wiggins, Jr., PR/KR/WR, Trevor Scott, Sr., PK, FAMU - Hit on 3 FGs (46, 29, passes for 175 yards and 4 TDs, ran 10 times for ECSU - 75-yard KO return for TD vs. Lincoln. 3 24) and was 2 of 2 on PATS in win over NC A&T. 50 yards and another TD vs. AA&M. rec., 30 yards.` FOOTBALL SCORES

NOVEMBER 6 Grambling State 35, Concordia 0 Alabama State 32, Jackson State 30 Johnson C. Smith 26, Livingstone 13 Albany State 12, Fort Valley State 7 Lambuth 44, Edward Waters 27 MEAC, SWAC races closer to resolutions Alcorn State 41, Alabama A&M 24 Langston 45, Texas College 0 Ark.-Pine Bluff 49, Miss Valley State 20 Morehouse 13, Miles 3 Alabama State Azusa Pacific 59, Lincoln (MO) 14 Norfolk State 37, Morgan State 25 LUT WILLIAMS Carolina State is tied for second in G A M E S T H I S W E E K Benedict 20, Clark Atlanta 17 Old Dominion 57, Savannah State 9 BCSP Editor (6-3, 5-3), whose 32-30 the MEAC, hosts Hampton (5-4, 4-2) Bethune-Cookman 23, Hampton 18 SC State 54, Howard 14 With the SIAC foot- win over Jackson State Saturday. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11 Bowie State 59, Chowan 19 Shaw 10, Saint Augustine's 6 ball title decided Saturday Saturday pushed the Hor- A B-CU win coupled with a – ESPNU SC State @ Morgan State 7:30 C.W. Post 63, Cheyney 28 Stillman 23, Kentucky State 12 CIAA nets into the East Division Delaware State 29, NC Central 7 Texas Southern 54, Southern 7 and the title to be FAMU loss would give the MEAC – ESPN Classic Eastern Illinois 31, Tenn. State 28, OT Tuskegee 28, Lane 6 decided in this Saturday's lead, can clinch the divi- title and the automatic bid to the FCS Grambling State @ Texas Southern 8 Elizabeth City State 36, Lincoln (PA) 6 Urbana 40, Central State 12 Championship Game (see sion title and its spot in the playoffs that goes with it to the Wild- SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Fayetteville State 44, Virginia Union 27 Virginia State 34, Saint Paul's 14 story below), some clarity championship game with cats. Alabama A&M @ Miss Valley State 1 Florida A&M 22, NC A&T 19, OT Cheyney @ California (PA) 1 W. Va. Wesleyan 50, W. Va. State 28 should come to both the a win this Saturday over South Carolina State (7-2 4-1), BROADWAY West Virginia State @ Fairmont State 1 MEAC and SWAC races Southern (2-7, 1-6). plays at Morgan State (4-5, 3-3) Delaware State @ Norfolk State 1 this week as they head to their final The Southern contest is ASU Saturday. Missouri S&T @ Lincoln (MO) 2 UNDER THE BANNER weeks. In the SWAC, divi- and head coach Reggie Barlow's If FAMU, B-CU and SCSU win Alcorn State @ Prairie View A&M 2 sion leaders Grambling State (West) final SWAC game. The Hornets will Saturday, the Florida Classic outcome Langston @ S. Nazarene 2 WHAT'S GOING ON IN AND AROUND BLACK COLLEGE SPORTS Texas College @ SW Assemblies 2 and Alabama State (East) can punch play SIAC member Tuskegee in their will determine whether there's a three- NC Central @ Savannah State 2 their tickets for the Dec. 11 conference annual Thanksgiving Day classic to way tie for the MEAC title or B-CU Jackson State @ Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2:30 JSU TAKES SWAC SOCCER TITLE: championship game in Birmingham close out the regular season. wins it outright. Hampton @ Florida A&M 3 Jackson State won its first ever SWAC soccer cham- with wins this week. JSU (6-3, 4-3) tries to stay in the As of this week, B-CU is tenth Howard @ Bethune-Cookman 4 Columbus State @ Edward Waters 4 pionship on Sunday defeating Mississippi Valley State In the MEAC, undefeated Bet- East Division race as they travel to in the Sports Network FCS poll. SC Alabama State @ Southern 5:30 2-0 to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA hune-Cookman can clinch a tie for Arkansas-Pine Bluff (5-4, 4-3) Satur- State is 15th. Tennessee State @ Tennessee-Martin 6 Tournament. the conference title with a win. day. JSU needs Alabama State to lose In the SIAC, Albany State (10- HOMECOMINGS Jackson State (13-6-1) will face off with No. 1 North Grambling (8-1, 7-0) travels to to Southern while it beats UAPB and 0, 9-0) finished an unbeaten regular Central State @ Stillman 1:30 Houston to take on its closest pursuer then JSU would need to beat Alcorn season, won its first SIAC crown since Kentucky Wesleyan @ Concordia 2 Carolina (17-2-2) in the first round of the NCAA Division I CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Women's Soccer Championship on Friday, Nov. 12, 5 p.m. in the West Division, Texas Southern State in its Nov. 20 season finale to 2006 and clinched its sixth straight CIAA Championship - CIAA Network Eastern at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, N.C. (6-3, 6-1). A win by Rod Broadway's claim the division crown. trip to the NCAA Div. II playoffs with Shaw vs. Virginia State 1 North Carolina (17-2-2) was an at-large selection from Tigers clinches the division title and Bethune-Cookman (9-0, 6-0) Saturday's 12-7 win over Fort Valley hosts Howard (1-8, 0-6) in a game the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tar Heels won the 2009 the championship game berth. State. A TSU win however would give that can clinch a tie for the MEAC James "Mike" White's ranking in the region and is also in NCAA Championship after defeating Stanford 1-0. team Johnny Cole's Tigers the upper hand title for first-year head coach Brian will now wait until the Div. II playoff line for a playoff bid. If Albany State for the division title and championship Jenkins' Wildcats. field is announced on Sunday, Nov. 14. and Morehouse enter next week's CHOWAN WINS CIAA VB TITLE: game berth. TSU would then likely After Howard, only in-state rival The Golden Rams are the No. 1 ranked selection show ranked 1st and 6th in Defending champion Chowan defeated St. Augustine's need a win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff Florida A&M is left on the Wildcats team in Super Region II and will likely the region, they could meet in a first 3-2 to capture its second straight CIAA Volleyball Cham- in Houston on Nov. 20 to claim the schedule in the Nov. 20 Florida Clas- host a first round playoff game. round game. pionship. Chowan's Victoria Lewis was named the 2010 title. Grambling finishes its season on sic in Orlando. Florida Morehouse (8-2), which finished Fort Valley State is likely to rep- Tournament MVP after putting down 18 kills and getting Nov. 27 at the Bayou Classic in New A&M (6-3, 5-1), who along with two- its regular season with a 13-3 win over resent the SIAC in the Dec. 4 Pioneer 19 digs. The teams split games during the regular season. Orleans vs. Southern. time defending MEAC champ South Miles Saturday, maintained its No. 6 Bowl in Columbus, Ga. The Hawks earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Div. II Atlantic Region Tournament, November 19-20th. (Location to be announced at a later date.) C I A A C H A M P I O N S H I P G A M E X X V I Chowan grinded out the five set match win with final set scores of 25-15, 19-25, 25-16, 29-27, and 15-8. VIRGINIA STATE SHAW The Hawks out hit the Lady Falcons in the match TROJANS (8-2) BEARS (8-2) and got and put three players in double digit kills. Karina vs. Monroe led the Hawks with 19 kills and Monica Ruffin NORTH DIVISION CHAMPION SOUTH DIVISION CHAMPION came in with 11 kills. Callie Armistead put up 49 assists CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CENTRAL INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION for Chowan. TEAM RECORD 2010 RESULTS St. Aug's (26-9) got 20 kills from outside hitter Kathryn 2010 RESULTS TEAM RECORD 2010 Overall: 8-2 VSU 8-2 SHAW 8-2 2010 Overall: 8-2 2010 CIAA North: 6-1 Tokarski. She also had 15 digs. Stephony Newkirk had 30 ...... Livingstone ...... 6 W 57 ...... Va. Union ..... 27 W 2010 CIAA South: 7-0 2010 BCSP Ranking: NR 11 kills and Shakira Carter had 10 kills and 10 digs. 34 ...... W. Va. State .... 21 W 26 ...... @ Elon ...... 55 L 2010 BCSP Ranking: 6th All-Time vs. Shaw: 37-6-2 All-Time vs. VSU: 6-37-2 28 ....@ Norfolk State ...51 L 21 ...... @ Catawba ...... 32 L Last Time vs. Shaw: 28-22 W, '06 Last Time vs. VSU: 22-28 L, '06 31 ... @ Eliz. City St. . 28 W MHC, ASU GRAB SIAC CC TITLES: CIAA Title Game: 0 20 ...... @ Chowan ..... 13 W CIAA Title Game: 3-0 CIAA Championships: 10 (Last '96) 34 ....@ Livingstone ... 0 W The Morehouse men and Albany State women title 16 .....@ Bowie State .. 15 W CIAA Championships: 4 (Last '08) 14 .....Fayetteville St. ....21 L 45 ....@ J. C. Smith .. 13 W COACH'S RECORD claimed titles at the 2010 SIAC Cross Country Champion- 15 .... Eliz. City State . 10 W 34 ... Fayetteville St. . 27 W COACH'S RECORD Alma Mater: Virginia State ('81) Alma Mater: Jackson State ('94) ship. Head Coach 42 ...... Lincoln ...... 0 W 35 ...... Chowan ...... 14 W Head Coach Vs. Shaw: 2-2 Vs. VSU: 0-1 35 ... @ Virginia Union . 7 W 31 ... W-Salem State . 27 W The Maroon Tigers ran a total time of 2:21:39.07 and ANDREW At VSU: 43-37, .537 (9th year) At Shaw: 36-16, .692 (5th year) DARRELL 10 ... St. Augustine's ... 6 W an average time of 28:19.82. Morehouse was led by sopho- FAISON Career Record: Same 34 ...... @ St. Paul's .... 14 W Career Record: Same ASBERRY mores Michael Vinson and Karlton Mitchell. Benedict junior Dickson Toroitich took home the men's individual S A T U R D A Y , N O V . 1 3 , 2 0 10 - D U R H A M , N C - C O U N T Y S T A D I U M - 1 P . M . title with a time of 27:26.82. The Lady Rams ran a total time of 1:46:14.81 which was just enough to hold off defending champion Clark Atlanta. Virginia State, Shaw in battle for CIAA title Albany State, who ran an average time of 21:14.97, was led by junior Brittany Carter. Carter finished second overall Virginia State in the North and Shaw in the South emerged as cham- Though VSU has not won a CIAA title since 1996, ninth-year head coach with a time of 20:02.57. Stillman sophomore Chestina pions from tight division races and will vie Saturday in Durham, N.C. for Andrew Faison has some championship experience. He was the defensive Anderson won the women's individual title with a time of the 2010 CIAA title at this year's Championship Game. coordinator at Winston-Salem State when the Rams won back-to-back titles 19:57.34. Shaw (8-2, 7-0) clinched the South Division title win with a hard-fought in 1999 and 2000. The Trojans are not ranked in the top ten in the region. Morehouse and Albany State both advance to compete 10-6 win over in-city rival St. Augustine's Saturday to earn its fourth trip Shaw is led on offense by senior quarterback Kevin Atkins and senior in the NCAA South Region Championship Meet on Novem- to the championship game in the last seven years. running back Raymond Williams. Atkins completed 51.8% (118 of 228) ber 20th. The meet, hosted by the University of Alabama in Shaw won the 2004 title, just a year after bringing football back to the of his passes for 1,742 yards with 19 TDs and 7 interceptions. Williams Huntsville, will take place at Sharon Johnston Park in New Raleigh, N. C. school, under then head coach Deondri Clark. The Bears finished fourth in CIAA rushing stats, averaging 5.2 yards per carry while Jared Battle Market, Alabama. then took back-to-back titles in 2007 and 2008 under current fifth-year totalling 954 yards and 8 TDs. Sophomore quarterback (120 of head coach Darrell Asberry. The Bears are ranked sixth in the NCAA Div. 214, 56.1%, 1,537 yards 10 TDs, 9 ints.) leads the VSU offense with senior II Super Region I (see below) and a win could guarantee them a playoff running back Antwan Lyde (643 yards, 6 TDs) and junior wideout Brian RICE TOPS NFL ALL-TIME LIST: spot. Berry (36 rec., 2 TDs) as his chief weapons. Mississippi Valley State's Jerry Rice was named to Virginia State (6-1, 8-2) tied for the North Division crown with Bowie the top spot on the list of the National Football League's State but won the title based on its 16-15 win in a head-to-head match-up B C S P T O P T E N Top 100 Players of All Time during a broadcast on the NFL with the Bulldogs. This will be VSU's first trip to the championship game Television Network. since it was reinstituted by the league. 1. GRAMBLING STATE (8-1) - Shut out Concordia for homecoming, 35-0. Up to 20th in the Rice, who was enshrined in the NFL Hall of Fame just latest FCS poll. NEXT: At Texas Southern Thursday for SWAC West Div. lead. this past August, edged out Cleveland Browns' stellar run- 2. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (9-0) - Got by No. 5 Hampton, 23-18. Tenth in FCS poll. NEXT: ning back Jim Brown for the top. The list was selected by a NCAA DIV. II FOOTBALL Hosts Howard looking to clinch tie MEAC title. combination of online fan voting and a select committee of SUPER REGIONAL RANKINGS 3. ALBANY STATE (10-0) - Beat Fort Valley State, 12-7, to take SIAC title. NEXT: Awaits Nov. 8, 2010 Sunday's NCAA Div. II playoff selection show. league experts, headed by NFL Films CEO Steve Sabol. 4. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (7-2) - Thumped Howard 54-14. NEXT: Travels to Morgan Overall, nine HBCU alumni made the prestigious list, SUPER REGION I SUPER REGION II State Thursday. beginning with Rice. The others were: 1. Shepherd (9-0) 1. Albany State (10-0) 5. HAMPTON (5-4) - Fell to No. 2 Bethune-Cookman, 23-18. NEXT: At Florida A&M. 2. Bloomsburg (9-1) 2. Valdosta State (8-1) 6. SHAW (8-2) - Defeated St. Augustine's 10-6 to take CIAA South title and spot in Saturday's 5. Walter Payton (RB/Jackson State) 3. Kutztown (9-1) 3. Wingate (7-2) Championship game. NEXT: CIAA title game vs. Virginia State. 15. David “Deacon” Jones (DE/S.C. State / Miss. Valley) 4. Mercyhurst (8-2) 4. North Alabama (8-2) 7. ST. AUGUSTINE'S (8-2) - Dropped 10-6 decision to Shaw for CIAA South Division title. 53. Willie Lanier (LB/Morgan State) 5. California (Pa.) (9-1) 5. Delta State (7-3) NEXT: Regular season over. Awaits possible CIAA Pioneer Bowl invite. 66. Willie Brown (DB/Grambling) 6. Shaw (8-2) 6. Morehouse (8-2) 8. FORT VALLEY STATE (8-2) - Fell to Albany State, 12-7 in showdown for SIAC title. NEXT: 74. Marion Motley (FB/S.C. State) 7. West Virginia Wesleyan (8-2) 7. Fort Valley State (8-2) Regular season over. May get SIAC Pioneer Bowl invite 76. Art Shell (OT/Maryland-Eastern Shore) 8. Concord (8-2) 8. Catawba (6-3) 9. TUSKEGEE (8-2) - Ran by Lane, 34-14. NEXT: Idle. 86. Willie Davis (DE/Grambling) 9. Saint Augustine's (8-2) 9. Mars Hill (5-5) 10. TEXAS SOUTHERN (6-3) - Humbled Southern 54-7. NEXT: Showdown Thursday vs. 99. Michael Strahan (DE/Texas Southern). 10. Winston-Salem State (8-2) 10. Henderson State (6-4) Grambling for SWAC West lead.